Budd Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102157
MRDS ID DE01080
Record type Site
Current site name Budd Mine
Alternate or previous names Wright Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.70431, 40.92111 (WGS84)
Elevation 296
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • NO SIGN OF MINE TODAY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1970 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 6,500 TONS REMOVED FROM 1879-1881.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 49.88% FE, 1.382% S, 0.342% P FOR OXIDIZED ORE
Result 47.62% FE, 2.824% S, 0.521% P FOR PRIMARY ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 30 SE
    Width 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1906

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanhope Board Of Education.
    Home office Stanhope, Nj. 07874

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 OPENINGS: SLOPE 60 FT DEEP; 40 FT NE A SECOND SHAFT; PLUS TWO DEEP PITS; ONE 500 FT SW OF THE SLOPE, THE OTHER 50 FT NE OF THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • IN 1879 MINE WAS LEASED BY SMITH & RUSLINS FROM NY CITY ON LANDS OF WILLIAM WRIGHT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE ORE OXIDIZED; AT DEPTH IT WAS UNALTERED & CONTAINED PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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